WoRMS taxon details
Alvania fenestrata A. Gould, 1861
881067 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:881067)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 385-389 [January 1861], 401-409 [February 1861]; 8: 14-32 [March 1861], 33-40 [April 1861]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492428
page(s): 402 [details]
page(s): 402 [details]
Type locality contained in China Sea
type locality contained in China Sea [details]
Homonymy Alvania fenestrata Gould, 1861, is a secondary junior homonym of Alvania fenestrata (Krauss, 1848). However, Alvania as...
Homonymy Alvania fenestrata Gould, 1861, is a secondary junior homonym of Alvania fenestrata (Krauss, 1848). However, Alvania as currently used may not be monophyletic, and after revision these two species may very well end up in different genera. It is not advisable to establish a replacement name for the junior name. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania fenestrata A. Gould, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881067 on 2024-11-07
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original description
Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 385-389 [January 1861], 401-409 [February 1861]; 8: 14-32 [March 1861], 33-40 [April 1861]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492428
page(s): 402 [details]
page(s): 402 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Alvania fenestrata Gould, 1861, is a secondary junior homonym of Alvania fenestrata (Krauss, 1848). However, Alvania as currently used may not be monophyletic, and after revision these two species may very well end up in different genera. It is not advisable to establish a replacement name for the junior name. [details]
